"Don't be nervous, I don't have any malicious intent towards you."
Uchiha Obito's masked face showed a hint of regret. If the little brat in front of him had been less vigilant, or had shown a flaw, subconsciously looking over and meeting his eyes, he wouldn't have had to waste words and could have just kidnapped him directly.
Lin Ke didn't say a word, for no other reason than that his ears were plugged. Genjutsu wasn't just visual, it also affected hearing. He couldn't gamble with a peerless expert in Genjutsu.
"Da!"
Receiving the signal, Uchiha Sasuke landed at the first opportunity.
He was safe.
When Lin Ke saw the not-so-broad back of his pillar and the Uchiha War Fan symbol on it, his heart instantly settled.
He didn't hesitate to have his Shadows escort him away, leaving the main battlefield to his Pokémon.
He felt a slight sense of crisis in his heart. Both pillars had encountered opponents. Wouldn't it be troublesome if he ran into Black Zetsu at this time? Moreover, Utakata, who had received the signal, hadn't arrived yet. Could something have happened? That Black Zetsu definitely had the motive to ambush a Jinchuriki. Even Six Paths Madara couldn't react to his ambushes. He didn't know if his reminder had worked at all.
Lin Ke's expression became serious. He didn't have time to collect more physical Chakra blocks. He raised his voice slightly and said, "Sasuke, something might have happened to Utakata. I'm going to find him. Are you okay?"
"I'm not the same as him."
Uchiha Sasuke's voice was full of confidence. "Leave the opponent here to me with peace of mind."
Lin Ke didn't have time to pay attention to the second pillar, who had inexplicably become a bit competitive. He disappeared from the spot with a Body Flicker Technique, leaving two Eight Gates Shadows behind to wait for support, while the others chased after him.
Even if the Six Tails was taken away and the battery was scrapped, he had to find a way to save Utakata.
After all, he was a very important combat force.
Uchiha Obito watched him leave, the three tomoe in his exposed single eye spinning. He didn't chase after him. Looking at the little brat in front of him who had revealed a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan, he said calmly, "Sasuke, you've really grown up."
"Sharingan, who exactly are you—"
Uchiha Sasuke said halfway, his face revealing a cold killing intent, "You're the masked man who assisted Itachi in killing the Uchiha Clan, right?"
[Itachi is actually so talkative?]
Uchiha Obito frowned. He had originally wanted to trick Sasuke or Lin Ke into joining his side, or simply forcibly kidnap Lin Ke.
But that Konoha brat was growing too fast. The speed of his retreat just now was faster than his speed of using Kamui to grab people, and his vigilance was simply maxed out. He would turtle up at the slightest sign of trouble, with so many Shadows blocking him. It would be too difficult to forcibly grab him using Kamui.
Most importantly, he could speed up Kamui's speed by grabbing others at close range. It didn't matter if he was injured when he grabbed the enemy. But facing the Konoha brat's technique that would cause him to lose the ability to form hand seals upon contact, he had no way to get close.
"Itachi left a transcription Seal in my eyes." Uchiha Sasuke tried to meet the enemy's eyes, so he could directly release Cave of Heaven Rock to seal his Dojutsu and vision, saying delaying words, "He told me your information, and even left an Amaterasu to try to get rid of you, but I've already dealt with it..."
"Is your Mangekyo ability a visual Genjutsu?"
Uchiha Obito suddenly asked, "If you want to make eye contact with me so much, it's probably a very troublesome ability. Even Itachi and Danzo couldn't resist your Dojutsu."
[This guy seems to have seen my previous battles with his own eyes.]
Uchiha Sasuke didn't use words to interfere anymore. He wasn't very good at lecturing in the first place.
[In battle, you can't avoid my gaze all the time, right!] His palm flickered with electricity, and he instantly disappeared from the spot.
Uchiha Obito stood still, forming the Ox, Boar, and Sheep hand seals in his hands. Facing Sasuke, who had replaced Itachi's eyes, grown to this point, and whose Dojutsu was completely unknown, he wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice a Three Tomoe Sharingan to release Izanagi.
Since there was no way to take Lin Ke away, he should first test what abilities Sasuke actually had.
*[Intangibility]*
The Chidori in Uchiha Sasuke's hand pierced through the masked man's body. Lin Ke's information surfaced in his mind. When he saw the opponent trying to grab him, he had already prepared to activate his Lightning Release Chakra, enveloping his entire body in Chidori.
Lightning Release: Chidori Stream! [You know my information?]
Uchiha Obito didn't cancel his intangibility state, even closing his eyes for a moment as their bodies crossed. The lightning that pierced the air only created some pungent smells.
"Hoo!" Immediately after, he spat a Great Fireball at Sasuke, who had rushed out a distance.
"Hoo!" Fire against fire.
Waterfall-like flames flowed in all directions as the two Great Fireballs collided, with crackling sounds echoing nearby.
"Ding! Ding! Ding!"
Below the flames, dazzling light concealed the clash of Shuriken thrown with the same technique.
[His level of Ninjutsu and Shuriken throwing is quite high, as expected of someone trained by Itachi and Fugaku—]
Uchiha Obito, seeing the Susanoo hand that suddenly appeared and slapped down, had no choice but to interrupt his Ninjutsu and enter his intangible state.
"Boom!"
Cracks spread out in circles on the ground where the Susanoo hand had struck.
"The conventional battle is over." Uchiha Sasuke's voice rapidly approached with the wind, "Next, is the Uchiha Clan's battle!"
"Boom!!!"
As a huge meteorite descended from the sky in the distance, the ground trembled madly. From the cracks that opened up, the Rain Hidden Village's collapsing sewer pipes spewed out large amounts of water.
In the hazy mist, the figure with black and red clouds and the figure wearing traditional Uchiha clothing passed each other. —[Six Tails, obtained!]
"Pfft!"
Black Zetsu's hand pierced through Utakata's chest, but before it could rejoice for even a second, it discovered that the person in its hand had turned into liquid.
"As expected of a sneak-attacking lowlife."
Utakata's voice rang out, and immediately after, the black and white Zetsu was trapped in a Water Prison created by a Water Clone.
Having spent so much time with Lin Ke, knowing some information about Zetsu, and with his recent rapid growth, it would be strange if he could still be easily sneak-attacked and killed.
[However, this guy's speed is so fast, I couldn't react at all. If it weren't for the Water Clone released in advance…]
Utakata spoke with disdain, but in his heart, he was truly alarmed. If it weren't for Lin Ke's reminder, he had released a Water Clone before entering the Rain Hidden Village, and kept his senses at maximum throughout, hiding in the dark. He couldn't sense this guy's approach, nor could he react to the sneak attack.
It could only be said that if he hadn't prepared in advance, he would probably be waiting in the Pure Land to be reincarnated.
[Hmm, if I become a child and am raised by Lin Ke…] He was thinking when he suddenly saw Zetsu in the Water Prison fading.
"?!"
No, it wasn't fading, the black was actually melting into the water, drilling into the ground and running away, leaving only the unconscious white body inside.
[So the black is the main body?]
"No, this guy alive is too much of a threat to Lin Ke!"
Utakata's body emitted a blue-white light, the Tailed Beast Chakra amplification was maximized, and Black Zetsu was rapidly escaping his perception in this state. He didn't have time to think more, hurriedly chased after him, and casually left a bubble behind.
"Boom!"
The sound of an explosion rang out, and Zetsu's white body was directly blown apart.
"Zetsu actually has such strength?" Konan floated in mid-air, a little shocked. Zetsu, who had always been just an intelligence agent, actually had such speed and the ability to launch silent sneak attacks.
Coupled with the ninja world's number one intelligence gathering ability, the threat level is simply off the charts.
"Tap!"
Footsteps landed, and her nerves, numbed by shock today, quickly reacted, looking at the newcomer surrounded by shadows.
"You are, Akatsuki's Konan?" Lin Ke looked at the beauty with paper wings spread in mid-air, feeling slightly more at ease.
Konan remained silent, she didn't know her position yet.
From beginning to end, she had always followed Yahiko or Nagato's position, where did she have the right to decide anything.
Strange, I just sensed Utakata's Chakra erupting here, did he fight with this woman? What's going on? The captured people are all here, where's Orochimaru?
Lin Ke had many doubts in his mind, looking at Hatake Kakashi and Might Guy in the distance inside bubbles, and Jiraiya kneeling on the ground panting not far away, he raised his hand and used a Summoning Jutsu to bring Yahiko to the present world.
"Konan?!"
"Yahiko?!"
One on the ground, one in mid-air, the translucent youth originally wanted to say something to the Konoha brat who summoned him, but his expression froze the moment he looked up and saw the woman.
Konan subconsciously landed, but when she realized that this was the enemy using a technique to control her former comrade, the pain of past memories surged into her heart, and she stood in the distance with a sad expression.
"He can't control me." Yahiko calmed down, turned his head to look at Lin Ke, "No matter what, even if I die, I won't do anything for you."
"Oh."
Lin Ke responded without much emotion, and said, "I won't disturb you old friends catching up."
He walked over to check Jiraiya's body, while the Eight Gates Shadow took advantage of the face-off between the living and the dead to sneak under Konan's feet.
He wasn't sick, how could he summon a friend for others to catch up for no reason, it was purely to attract attention for a sneak attack, but now that Konan hadn't resisted yet, there was no need to attack for the time being.
Not bad, the injuries aren't serious
Lin Ke gave Jiraiya a set of daily body repair packages, Fine Extraction Technique + regular Chakra treatment + Soldier Pills.
Soon, Jiraiya, who had looked half-dead just now, recovered a bit, and looked up to say, "Thank you."
Lin Ke shook his head, not paying much attention, and asked, "Utakata, I mean, a man wearing a blue Yukata, did he come here just now, he should have come with Tsunade."
On the shadow side, they had already popped the bubbles, bringing the unconscious Hatake Kakashi and Might Guy, who was covered in Black Rods.
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